Cost of Living in Morocco: What Life Costs in Casablanca, Month by Month

How much money do you need to live in Casablanca per month?

No official Casablanca figure exists. The official benchmark is the HCP urban average: about 7,949 DH a month per household, about 2,075 DH a month per person (2022 survey, published February 2025).

The HCP national household-spending survey (ENNVM 2022, published February 2025) puts average spending at 95,386 DH a year per household in Moroccan cities — about 7,949 DH a month — and 24,898 DH a year per person, about 2,075 DH a month. Nationally, spending per person is 20,658 DH a year, about 1,722 DH a month. These figures include imputed rent for owner-occupiers and goods received in kind, so they are not a cash-out-of-pocket budget. Casablanca is Morocco’s most expensive city, so the urban average understates Casablanca — never read it as a Casablanca price.

What is the monthly cost of living in Morocco for one person?

1,722 DH a month per person nationally, 2,075 DH a month per person in cities (HCP, 2022 survey, published February 2025). Half of Moroccans live on less than the median of 14,710 DH a year per person.

The HCP survey gives average spending per person of 20,658 DH a year nationally (1,722 DH a month) and 24,898 DH a year in cities (2,075 DH a month). The median is lower than the average: half the population lives on less than 14,710 DH a year per person nationally, and less than 17,765 DH a year in cities. As with the household figures, these numbers include imputed rent for owner-occupiers and goods received in kind — they are a spending benchmark, not a cash budget.

Is it expensive to live in Casablanca?

There is no official verdict. The anchor: an average urban household spends about 7,949 DH a month (HCP, 2022 survey), while the minimum wage is 3,422.72 DH gross a month — one SMIG covers about 43% of that spending.

No official body ranks Casablanca as expensive or cheap, and no official “expensive” threshold exists. The 43% comparison is simple arithmetic on two official figures, not an official statement. Whether life feels expensive depends on your income, not on any ranking: a household earning one minimum wage brings in less than half of what the average urban household spends, while a household earning several times the minimum wage sits well above that average.

How much do I need to earn to live well in Morocco?

No official “live well” figure exists. The only official anchors are the minimum wage (3,422.72 DH gross a month, since 1 January 2026) and average urban household spending (about 7,949 DH a month, HCP 2022 survey). Judge your budget against those two numbers, not against a figure in a guide.

No Moroccan authority defines a good, comfortable or “live well” salary, and no official threshold exists for any household type — not for a single person, a couple or a family of four. A household on one minimum wage earns well under half of average urban household spending; a household at twice the average spending benchmark has room the average household does not. Those are the only comparisons the official figures support, and any guide that publishes a single “you need this much” number is inventing it.

Is it possible to live in Morocco on 1,000 euros a month?

Yes, on the official benchmarks: 1,000 euros is about 10,870 DH at the 8 November 2026 rate — above average urban household spending of about 7,949 DH a month and more than three times the SMIG.

At 10.87 DH per euro (8 November 2026), 1,000 euros is about 10,870 DH — roughly 1.4 times the average urban household’s monthly spending of about 7,949 DH (HCP, 2022 survey, published February 2025) and more than three times the minimum wage of 3,422.72 DH gross a month. The euro figure moves with the exchange rate, so re-check it before you budget. “Possible” here is a judgement against the official averages, not an official statement — and the HCP benchmark already includes housing as imputed rent, not as a separate rent bill.

How do you live on 500 euros a month?

500 euros is about 5,435 DH at the 8 November 2026 rate — below average urban household spending (about 7,949 DH a month) but above average spending per person (about 2,075 DH a month) and above the SMIG. Tight for a household; workable for one person living modestly, by the official averages.

At 10.87 DH per euro (8 November 2026), 500 euros is about 5,435 DH — about two-thirds of what the average urban household spends in a month (HCP, 2022 survey), but more than two and a half times the average spending per person in cities (about 2,075 DH a month) and well above the minimum wage of 3,422.72 DH gross a month. No official source gives budget tips for living on 500 euros — the guide can only state the arithmetic, not a how-to.

What is the minimum wage in Morocco?

17.92 DH an hour gross since 1 January 2026 — 3,422.72 DH gross a month on the commonly cited 191-hour base. The farm minimum (SMAG) is 97.44 DH a day from 1 April 2026.

The rates are fixed by Décret n° 2.25.983 of 29 December 2025, published in Bulletin officiel n° 7469 — the second step of the tripartite social agreement of 29 April 2024. The 2025 rate was 17.10 DH an hour. The decree fixes an hourly rate, not a monthly salary: 3,422.72 DH is the 191-hour conversion quoted in the decree’s reporting, so treat it as the standard reference figure, not as a payslip amount.

• ✓SMIG (non-agricultural work): 17.92 DH an hour gross, since 1 January 2026.
• ✓SMIG as a monthly figure: 3,422.72 DH gross a month on the commonly cited 191-hour base.
• ✓SMAG (agricultural work): 97.44 DH a day, from 1 April 2026.

How much does everyday life cost in Casablanca in 2026?

The latest official figures are the HCP 2022 survey (published February 2025): about 7,949 DH a month per urban household. There is no official 2026 Casablanca price survey.

Do not present the 2022 figure as a 2026 price. The HCP survey’s fieldwork ran from March 2022 to March 2023, and its results were published in February 2025 — it remains the latest official household-spending survey. The only official update since is the consumer price index, which rose by 0.8% on average in 2025 (HCP) — a small move, but an index change is not a repriced 2026 budget, and no official body has published one for Casablanca.

What do Moroccan households spend their money on?

Food takes 38.2% of Moroccan household spending and housing plus energy 25.4% — together nearly two-thirds of the budget (HCP, 2022 survey, published February 2025).

Food is the largest single share of household spending at 38.2%, up from 37% in 2014; housing and energy together are 25.4%, up from 23% in 2014. That leaves about a third of the average budget for everything else — transport, clothing, health, education and leisure combined. The shares are national averages from the HCP survey; your own split depends on rent and lifestyle, which no official source prices for Casablanca.

How much income tax do you pay on a salary in Morocco?

Income tax (IR) is 0% on annual taxable income up to 40,000 DH, then 10% to 60,000 DH, 20% to 80,000 DH, 30% to 100,000 DH, 34% to 180,000 DH and 37% above (General Tax Code, art. 73, Finance Laws 2025 and 2026).

The bands apply to taxable income after deductions, not to gross pay. The family-charge reduction is 600 DH per dependant a year, capped at 3,600 DH. A worker on the minimum wage earns about 41,000 DH a year gross, and sits at or below the tax threshold once professional-expense deductions apply — so the lowest-paid workers pay little or no income tax. Check the current Code Général des Impôts on tax.gov.ma before you rely on any band.

• ✓Up to 40,000 DH a year: 0%.
• ✓40,001 to 60,000 DH a year: 10%.
• ✓60,001 to 80,000 DH a year: 20%.
• ✓80,001 to 100,000 DH a year: 30%.
• ✓100,001 to 180,000 DH a year: 34%.
• ✓Above 180,000 DH a year: 37%.

How much does the tram cost in Casablanca?

A tram ride in Casablanca costs 6 DH with a rechargeable card, or 8 DH for a single paper ticket (6 DH fare plus 2 DH for the ticket). A monthly pass costs 230 DH; a student monthly pass costs 150 DH.

A two-trip ticket costs 14 DH and a weekly pass 60 DH; the rechargeable card itself costs 15 DH. Older sources still quote 6 DH as “the ticket price” — that is the fare before the 2 DH ticket-support charge, so a paper single ticket is 8 DH at the machine. Fares are set by the operator, Casa Tramway, and were last checked against the operator’s published fares in October 2026 — confirm the current fares on casatramway.ma, as they can change.

What is the average rent in Casablanca?

No official average rent exists for Casablanca — no official body publishes one, and this guide gives no rent figure. Check current asking rents with local agencies and rental listings, and compare several before you budget.

No official body publishes an average Casablanca rent, a one-bedroom city-centre figure, or rents by neighbourhood, and the HCP publishes no city rent series. Any number you see for those comes from a commercial index or from listings, not from an official statistic — treat it as a market snapshot, not a fact. That is the single biggest gap in this guide, and it stays open until an official or verified figure exists.

What is the average salary in Casablanca?

No official average salary exists for Casablanca — neither the CNSS nor the HCP publishes a city figure, and this guide gives none. Check the CNSS annual statistics for the national declared-salary figures before you use any salary number.

The only official anchors for pay are the legal minimum wage — 17.92 DH an hour gross, 3,422.72 DH a month on the 191-hour base, since 1 January 2026 — and the HCP spending averages. Press reports cite national CNSS figures for declared salaries, but those were not read from a CNSS publication in this research round, so they are not repeated here as verified fact. No verified net-salary figure for Casablanca exists either.